The bike combat scenes were always terrible, almost legendarily so. No surprise they're still frustrating.

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Quoting: GuestLol, mind telling us what this "conniption-causing" concept was just for laughs? X3

Oh, nothing much so far but I don't really want to spoil things.

Spoiler, click me

There's what appears to be a lesbian couple openly flirting in one of the first areas I went to, one of whom is plus-size, the crew roster is clearly multinational, and I'm pretty sure there's reference to a poly relationship in the trailer. If you're so uptight a sweet little lesbian love story makes you rant about Ess Jay Doubleyas, then just that would be enough to give you a heart attack.

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I think what surprises me most about Dust is how annoying Fidget wasn't. By rights she should have been one of the most irritating characters in gaming, but instead she was genuinely funny much of the time, and was never too obtrusive. Plus genuinely helpful in combat, which was a nice plus.

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As I recall, the vitriol about Gone Home had little if anything to do with the game itself, but because it was popular among the early targets of GamerGate, and thus ended up on a number of associated boycott lists. There was also quite a bit of gatekeeping what a "real game" was about that point, to define casual games and "walking simulators" (a term originally intended to be insulting), which tended to have a larger female audience, as separate from manly games like Call of Duty and CS:GO.

I would imagine anyone sensitive (or ideological) enough to bristle at the pretty mild social commentary of Gone Home would likely spontaneously combust at Tacoma. I've played only an hour or so of the game, and I've already seen a couple of things that would be conniption-causing, so I'd recommend they give it a miss and go back to bragging about how they can do level one no-armour runs of Dark Demon's BloodSouls or whatever.

For the rest of us, the first little bit looks promising. Hopefully I'll be able to play more over the next few days, especially once I get my work submitted.

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If that's what the soundtrack actually sounded like, I'd probably buy it twice!

Had a look at a little gameplay, and it actually does have a pretty decent soundtrack in its own right, and does seem like a pretty fun game that's not too punishing. I'll have to put this on my wishlist.

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You've done a good thing, Cheeseness. Thanks!

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From the stream chat:

Pony Island
Brütal Legend
Hyper Light Drifter
not Outlast
Overlord
Psychonauts
Soma
Firewatch
Dreamfall Chapters
Shadow Warrior 2013
Eldritch
Stardew Valley
Satellite Reign
Epistory
Dex
The Magic Circle
Shadowrun (your choice)

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Quoting: Asuthey should really make a proper multiplayer game. It's time for them to go big.
A crack at diablo or something.

Torchlight 2 is fun and all, but there needs to be something in the Diablo 3 range for Linux.

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I think I'll be giving this a miss, having watched a couple hours of gameplay. It does look very good, but it's simply not the sort of game I'm personally into. Fun to watch others play though.

I will definitely be getting the soundtrack though. Not only is it Darren Korb, joined once again by the talented Ashley Barrett, who provided vocals for Bastion and Transistor as well, but it's an excellent value at two full hours! I simply can't not get this!

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An indie mashup without Shovel Knight? Is that even legal?

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